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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2016, 7:54 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2016, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Ashley County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Old Milo, AR | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL DAMAGED CARS AS WELL AS SOME HOMES. |
| Mar 13, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Old Milo, AR | LARGE AMOUNTS OF LARGE HAIL OCCURRING |
| Mar 13, 8:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fountain Hill, AR | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN AND AROUND FOUNTAIN HILL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 947 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
616
WFUS54 KJAN 140054
TORJAN
ARC003-140200-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0042.160314T0054Z-160314T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
754 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ASHLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 753 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF WEST CROSSETT...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OLD MILO AROUND 815 PM CDT.
FOUNTAIN HILL AROUND 820 PM CDT.
HAMBURG AROUND 825 PM CDT.
SNYDER AROUND 850 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLANCHTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 9208 3324 9209 3325 9205 3328 9204
3328 9200 3330 9200 3331 9198 3335 9199
3335 9197 3338 9196 3340 9199 3339 9146
3328 9146 3315 9209 3321 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 251DEG 22KT 3327 9204
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
222 follow-up statements
410
WWUS54 KJAN 140108
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
808 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC003-140200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160314T0200Z/
ASHLEY AR-
808 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ASHLEY COUNTY...
AT 808 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD MILO...OR NEAR NORTH CROSSETT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAMBURG AND FOUNTAIN HILL AROUND 820 PM CDT.
SNYDER AROUND 830 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLANCHTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 9208 3324 9209 3325 9205 3328 9204
3328 9200 3330 9200 3331 9198 3335 9199
3335 9197 3338 9196 3340 9199 3339 9146
3328 9146 3315 9209 3321 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 241DEG 41KT 3326 9196
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
22863
WWUS54 KJAN 140117
SVSJAN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
817 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
ARC003-140200-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160314T0200Z/
ASHLEY AR-
817 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ASHLEY COUNTY...
AT 816 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OLD MILO...OR NEAR HAMBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAMBURG AND FOUNTAIN HILL AROUND 820 PM CDT.
SNYDER AROUND 835 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLANCHTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3321 9208 3324 9209 3325 9205 3328 9204
3328 9200 3330 9200 3331 9198 3335 9199
3335 9197 3338 9196 3340 9199 3339 9146
3328 9146 3315 9209 3321 9210
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 243DEG 37KT 3329 9188
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
22The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 78 min |
| Mar 13, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Chicot | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.